Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Latest News

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Read the latest news of how the United States Agency for International Development is responding to COVID-19.

 

October 3, 2020

The United States Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has donated a second shipment of  250 brand-new, state-of-the-art ventilators to Peru to assist its fight against COVID-19.

October 2, 2020

The USAID Green Annamites project has teamed up with Vietnam Rural Industries Research and Development Institute (VIRI) and Green Net Production and Trading Company Ltd. to support cooperatives in Vietnam’s Thua Thien Hue province develop sustainable products with new attractive designs and improve their marketing and sales skills. Businesses in Vietnam have been hit hard by COVID-19, especially small businesses in rural areas. Embracing the need to quickly adapt due to sales challenges posed by the pandemic, USAID and VIRI organized virtual tours and business matching events on September 20 and 23 to promote sustainable production and responsible consumption.

October 2, 2020

As India looks to address the economic impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the United States Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has committed $1.9 million to support vulnerable populations whose livelihoods have been disrupted.

U.S. Government Provides 100 Ventilators to the Government of Afghanistan to Support COVID-19 Response
October 1, 2020

The United States government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), donated 100 state-of-the-art ventilators to assist Afghanistan in its fight against COVID-19. The ventilators will be distributed to hospitals in the provinces most affected by COVID-19. This donation delivers on President Donald Trump’s generous offer of these life-saving and critically needed supplies and supports Afghanistan’s urgent response to the pandemic.

October 1, 2020

Aimée Gbahoué has a busy week ahead. Surrounded by sacks of sand, cement, and orange and blue-colored recycled plastic jugs, she quickly moves about at her open-air workshop in Aplahoué, Benin. With just a few handheld tools, she pours concrete, fits water taps, and bends iron rods over red-hot embers under the West African sun.

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